#56B4E6#56B4E6

#56B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4E6
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -12.97, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 35.75, 248.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0664 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.115 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4364, 40.3306, 80.8173)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4E6 #E68856

analogous

#56E6D0 #56B4E6 #566CE6

triadic

#56B4E6 #E656B4 #B4E656

tetradic

#56B4E6 #D056E6 #E68856 #6CE656

square

#56B4E6 #D056E6 #E68856 #6CE656

split-complementary

#56B4E6 #E6566C #E6D056

monochromatic

#1977A9 #219CDE #56B4E6 #8BCCEE #C1E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#56B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4E6	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93caee',
    500: '#56b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4e6;
$custom-light: #93caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4E6

secondary

#E6C4B1

accent

#540FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4E6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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